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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1977-04-20

1977-04-20-001

°hjrf- 6178
Vol. 54 - No. 25
Swx
14 Pages
North Canton, Ohio, Wednesday, April 20, 1977
One Section
Completely
Local
News
Fifteen Cents
16.5 Per Cent Jump
CAMPAIGN BEGINS. The Knights of Columbus from Ohio embark
Thursday, Apr. 21 on a 50 hour campaign to raise $300,000 for the mentally retarded. Louis Bernard, Grand Right of the North Canton Knights
of Columbus Council, will have K of C members and' Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, St Thomas students and citizens of the Stark County Retarded
'School help in raising funds. Pictured here are Paula' Roden; Peg Draiss,
who is a Stark County Council for Retarded Citizens board member;
Andy Wise; and Mr. Bernard. Bud Rose is chairman in organizing the
group which will be collecting money. Donors Will receive 12-inch metal
rulers. Money raised will be donated to all mental retardation agencies
in the State 6f Ohio as well as in Stark County, who' will share in the
funds raised. The campaign slogan is "How Do You Measure Up?" The
drive will be April 21-22 and 23.
Internal Revenue Service
Sues City For $8,100 Taxes
Some North Canton City officials are blaming former City Administrator
Gehiru, for an $8,100 problem the city now has. The City of North Canton is
being sued by the Internal Revenue Service for $8,100. The suit was filed in
XT. S. District Court in -Akron and states that the bankrupt Lions Concrete
Construction Inc., 61 Canton owed IRS $15,697 for federal insurance and unemployment for 1974 and 1975.
On July 15,1975, a federal tax lien was filed against
North Canton, which put a
freeze^oa-.-fluithe^ payment,
to Lions for the $98^000
southeast curb and gutter
project then under construction.
According to the City's
Law Director Roy Batista,
the, city paid $10,000 to
Lions on July 31 and another
f 10,000 on Aug. 20.Mr.Ba-
sta said he will file an answer to the suit soon.
The City's Finance Director Bill Kascavelis said
that in addition to the IRS
lien, a mechanics lien had
been filed against Lions by
tye mother - in - law of Nino
Arquilla, an owner of the
firm.
Mr. Kascavelis stated,
'ttiat at a meeting he, Mr.
Gehrum and City Engineer
Dennis Flechtner attended,
Mr. /'"Batista ordered a
Hreefce on further payments
td Lions without his approval. Mr. Kascavelis further
stated that a day or so later
Mr. Gehrum processed a
payment for $10,000 to ■
Lions. Kascavelis said he
brought it to Gehrum's attention and told him he could
not pay it. Mr. Kascavelis
said Mr. Gehrum told him
he talked to Law Director •
Batista on the phone. and
Mr. Batista released $10,
000. Mr. Kascavelis said he
s-assuraedtGflhMMiKas. teli^
ing the-truth, but. the next.,
day he said he mentioned
it to Mr. Batista who denied
releasing the money.
According to Kascavelis,
about $50,000 was withheld
from the Lions project after that.
Dennis Grady, Council
President, said this incident
was one main reason Council asked the Mayor for Mr.
Gehurm's resignation. Gehrum resigned as City Administrator Mar. 22,1976,
and is now livingln Florida.
Mr. Batista said he does
not believe Mr. Gehrum's
alleged action was criminal and that he forsees no
prosecution against him.
Grady stated that if it
wasn't a criminal act, he
feels it was immoral. He
said the city stands to lost
$8,100 and holds the administration directly responsible. '% believe this is a case
. of negligence and malfeasance," Grady stated.
Grady also stated that although this incident happened before the term of the
present council, when the
council did learn aboutit.it
was a major reasonin forcing Mr. Gehrum to resign.
YCA Entertainment
Awards Nite April 30
Saturday, Apr. 30 is ithe date for the new Young
Citizens Award Entertainment Awards N/ite at
Hoover North Campus in tine Performing Arts Hall
and Commons. Nominations of outstanding young
people who have given service to the community,
to organizations, to church or related activities or
to humanity are being received for the awards. .
Ehicee for the evening,
Lon Randall, President of
Malone College, will be introduced by YCA chairman
of the Board Don Lundstrom. U. S. Rep. Ralph
Regula will also participate.
The Hoover stage band
will open the program at
7:15 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 1
will present colors and Rev.
Jerry Sullivan will give the
invocation. A shortpresen-
tation by the board and
awards will follow.
A disco dance will be held
following the awards program. Ketty Korvan from
WMMS in Cleveland will
emcee the dance. Pizza and
pop will be seved.
Tickets for the whole evening willbe available at the
high school (both campuses), the Junior High and at
the door that evening.,
Over $2,000
Raised During
Band Tag Day
Members of the Hoover
High Instrumental Music
Association and Itssuppor-
tive Band Parents organization wish to extend their
sincere thanks to the residents of the North Canton
School District for their;
generosity during Saturday's annual Tag Day event.
Contributions by area
citizens have added more
than $2,000 to the band's
uniform fluid, according to
Mrs. Barbara Zlrps, tag
day chairman.
Mayor Charles Strausser
said he is not aware of any
lying on Gehrum's part but
added he..can!t..answer,'why
the money, was released^in
the face of the IRS lien.
The Mayor said Mr. Gehrum had met with IRS officials and it was his (the
Mayor's) understanding that
IRS released the moneybe-
cause Li ons said they
wouldn't be able to finish the
job without the payment.
Strausser said he doesn't
think there was any wrongdoing in this, but there was
on other things.
Mr. Kascavelis said suijts
filed by other creditors against Lions and the city over
the curb and gutter project
are pending in Stark County 'Common Pleas Court.
Another controversial
aspect'.to the Lions contract
was that a performance
bond was neyer posted. Ac-
(Cohtinued to Page 2)
NC Chamber
Recognition
Dinner Thursday
Reservations must be in
by Tuesday morning, Apr.
26 for the North Canton
Chamber of Commerce's
10th Annual Community Recognition Dinner set for
Wednesday, Apr. 27 at Horn
of Plenty. Social hour begins at 6:15 p.m. anddinner
at 7:15 p.m.
W. R. Timken Jr., chairman, board of Directors of
the Timken Co., will be
guest speaker.
Mr. Timken, a graduate
of Phillips Andover Acad-
- emy in Massachusetts,
Stanford University and the
Harvard Graduate School of
Business Administration,
started with the Timken
Company in 1958.
The Community Recognition Award will be presented to acompanyorbusiness
in the North Canton area
who has shown outstanding
participation in and contribution to civic and community affairs; development of
good employee and community relations; improvement of good management
policies and physical facilities; and participation and,
leadership in its own industry. The business or company does not have to be a
Chamber member.
Make your reservations
with 'the Chamber of Com-
merce office in North Canton, 499-510Q.
Summer School Fees
Increase Over 1976
Those attending summer school sessions in the
North Canton School District will be paying more,
it was reported at the Tuesday, Apr. 12 meeting of
the North Canton Board of Education. According
to Dwain Sheffer, director of curriculum In North
Canton, the cost wijl jump 16.5 per cent over 1976.
Credit courses will run
from June 13 to July 22 and
non credit and elementary
courses will from June 20
to July 22.
Elementary courses will
se taught at Portage Middle.
School, 8th grade courses at
the North Canton Junior
High, high school courses
(9-12) at Hoover High North
Campus, golf atBob-O-
Link Golf Course and tennis
at Walsh College and Kent
State University Stark
Campus.
High school courses will
include American History,
American Government,
world history, sociology,
service, fabric service,
media comm.
Eighth grade courses include pre-algebra, mathematics and English.
: Elementary courses in-
' chide primary reading, intermediate reading and primary mathematics, intermediate mathematics, vis-
! and auditory perception
lasses, motor development, speech and auditory
erception classes, motor
Bvelopment, speech ther-
py classes.
Greentown Civic
Final class offerings will
depend on the number of pupils registering.
Members of the school
board also learned at the
Apr. 12 meeting that an
honor roll has been initiated at Hoover HighSchool for
students with a cumulative
average of 90 per cent. Ofthe 1,320 students eligible,
423 qualify.
Board members also
heard James A. Humphrey
of 1674 Meadow Lane Dr.
SE, speak against a plan by
the board* to transfer 45
students from Plain Local
School System to the North
Canton System.
Mr. Humphrey, spokesman for a groupof residents
in the area involved, said
city officials tried to misrepresent their motives in
their effort to annex part of
the Plain School District.
The areainvolves 500 acres in the southeast corner
of the city, bounded by 55th
and 50th streets. The area
yeilds?" about $100,000 in
property taxes.
The controversy has continued since last fall when a
number of parents of students in question and Plain
School Superintendent Fred
Chase protested the annexation and called the move
a tax grab. A decision on
the transfer is pending at
the state level.
Mr. Humphrey said he
didn't become concerned
over the annexation request
until his three children expressed alarm. He said his
children do n ot want to
•change schools.
School board president
Larry Brown said the board
stands by its original resolution that the members
are acting as a conduit for
a group of people who came
to them with a list of signatures of residents in fhe
area who want the students
to be transferred to the
North Canton system.
Brown also stated that the
proposal has been well publicized before the board
acted and that Mr. Humph-,
rey hadnotprotestedbefore
the resolution had been
passed.
When the 500 acres were
annexed to North Canton in
1960, it was not to be for
school purposes._The area
has about 300 residents.
In other business, the
board:
ACCEPTED resignations
of Mrs. Kathy Paris, currently on leave of absence
from Portage Middle
(Continued to Page 2).
fc?;peSmal^ypin^0tJplng Group Increases Area Javcees
I, shorthand; health educa- * If**
tion; golf and tennis for beginner and intermediates;
general math, algebra I,
business math, geometry;
biology, chemistry, physics, earth science; speech
I; English IX; art and literature of the cinema;,gram-
mer, Let us be men, Life
and I, Oral comm., sc. fiction, career exploration,
diversified health occupations, accounting and comp.,
business office eqpt., food
5th &^JSrad?
Present
Spring Concert
The combined 5th and 6th
• Grade Choirs of the North
Canton Elementary Schools
will present their annual
Spring Concert Friday evening, Apr. 29, at 8 p.m. in
the Hoover Hall of Preforming Arts at North Campus. The Elementary School
Orchestra, under the direction of Miss Kathy Hinson,
wiU also present a groupof
numbers.
Harry D. Mason, Director of Choral Music atcan-
.ton McKinley Senior High
School will return as guest
conductor of the chorus of
approximately 350 boys and
girls. Mr. Mason, a graduate of Baldwin - Wallace
Conservatory, with a Master of Arts from Indiana
State University, has proved to be a director popular
with performers and audience alike.
The program will include: "The Entertainer",
'KJlap Your Hands," "God
of Great and God of Small",
'It's a Small World,"anda
musical for young voices,
'It's Music," which traces
the history of music in America.
Posters advertising the
program were submitted
for a district-wide contest.
Local school winners were:
Diane Hill and Lorrie Gardner, Ciearmount; Craig
Boyce and Chris Calllcoat,
Greentown; Nick Chung and
Stacy Stipkovich, North-
wood; Laura Rhodes and
Shelly Katusin, Orchard
IQ11; 2nd, Craig Boyce of
Greentown; and 3rd, Diane
Hill or Ciearmount.
Judging was done by the'
members of the elementary
art faculty.
Annual Dues
Beginning Jan. 1st, members of Greentown Civic
Association will pay $5 annual dues.
, About 24 members of the
309-member group voted
unanimously Wednesday,
Apr. 13 to increase dues
from $3.
"' Coming events include a
July 19 ox roast and festival
headed by Frank Schleis, a
May 14 rummagesalespon-
■sored by the park board
with Maxine Daily as chatr-
{nan; and a June 5 fire
Apartment: open house.
The Greentown Athletic
Club will present twoschol-
arehips to. high school seniors who live in Greentown.
The park board is planning a house-to-house canvas to obtain funds for land,
playground equipment and
shelter repairs.
Again Plan
Sandman Project
The North Canton and
Greentown Jaycees will run
a Sandman Project jointly
this year on Saturday, May
7th.
The Jaycees will deliver
sand at no charge to any
child in the North Canton
School District.
The 762 Transportation
Company of the Army Reserve will be supplying
trucks and drivers for the
Sandman Project. _ , •,
Project Chairman Ron
Bell urges all interested
parents to clip out the form
in this issue of TheSun'and
return it before the Apr. 29
deadline.
Others assisting Mr. Bell
are David McDaniels and
Denny Grady.
Five From
Area Compete
In Columbus
Three Hoover HighSchool
students and two from GlenOak are among 16 Stark
County students who traveled to Columbus this past
Saturday, Apr. 16 for the
state science fair,sponsored by the Ohio Academy of
Science.
Junior and senior bijjh
rbecameel
which environment best
suited it and found that tobe
a neutral water solution
with few impurities.
Christine, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. EdwardMen-
ne of 1412 McDowell St.NE,
has aprojectwhichdisplays
the different functions and
uses of electrochemical
cells.
Tom, son ofMr.andMrs.
Mike Anasis of 3316 27th
St. NW, Canton, has received trophies for having the
outstanding physical sciences project, sponsored by
Republic Steel Corp., and
the outstanding energy project, sponsored by the East
Ohio Gas. His project is a
school studi
rgiWe-ttfiRiv^
state fair after receiving measures about 2x3 feet.
North Canton Rotary Club Captures
Five Awards At District Conference
The North Canton Rotary Club won three1 first
place awards and two seconds at the Annual District 665 Conference held Friday through Sunday,
Apr. 15-17 at the Avalon Inn near Warren.
The Canton Rotary Club
won District 665 Governor's
Cup competition in its division for the sixth consecutive year. The award is
for all-around excellence
The local Rotary Club, a
medium club division (41-
100 members), captured
first in attendance, first in
Membership Development
and first in VocationalSer-
vice. They weresecoridin
Club Service and International Service. ]
Eight North Canton Rotarians attended the conference. They are President
Dr. Richard Longbrake,
Kenneth Dansizen, David
Kinkema, E. R. Malone,
William Hagenlocher, Ty
Laine, Bob Werstler and
Bill Stall.
among large clubs and with
more than 100 members.
Canal Fulton, Minerva
and Wooster Rotary Clubs
also won awards.
James Neff of Canfield,
governor of District 665,
was official host for the
conference. James D. Bruno of Chino, Calif., was the
official representative of
the president of Rotary International, Robert A. Manchester of Youngstown.
superior ratings in the recent Canton District Science Fair, involvingkids from
five counties, sponsored by
Malone ColIegevs Sigma
Zeta, science honorary.
The four from this area
who received superiors include:,Ben Heggy, Catherine Niffenegger and John
Niffenegger, a 11 Hoover
students; and Tom Anasis
and Christine Menne, both
from GlenOak.
Ben, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert F. Heggy of 5420
Peninsula Dr. NW, has a
project entitled "Two Dimensional Fractional Motion". The project is used
something like an air hockey table to check energy
conservation, momentum
and Newton's laws.
Catherine and John are
■children df Dr. and Mrs.
James Niffenegger of 321
Hume St. NE. Catherine's
project was on Kirlian Photography. She used variables, like moisture, tochange
the aura producedby the electrons and recorded the
changes.
John's project was to expose hydras to changes in
environment to determine
He worked on this'project
for 2 years and can heat
the home to 58 degrees when
the outside temperature
was 32. He said he is convinced solar energy will 6e
the cheapest energy form
in the United States by 1985.
Four Middlebranch Junior High students were among 22 junior high students
who received superior ratings but were not eligible
to advance the state fair.
They are Wendy Cook. John
Dakoske, Jospeh Jenkins
and jay Smith.
TOM ANASIS
Groundbreaking Ceremonies
Sunday For Church Addition
\
On Sunday, Apr. 24, Congregational United
Church of Christ at 1530 Baston NOS, under the
ministry ot Rev. J. Bruce, will have a special worship service at 9:30 a.m. in preparation tap a
ground breaking ceremony at 10:30 a.m. The Rev.
P. Olm, a Minister df the Eastern Ohio Association
of. the United Church of Christ, will share in these
services.
gregattonal dedicated its
"little church in the cornfield " in Nov. 1967.
The warmth and dedication which the fifty members shared with those who
visited and later became
members ofCongregational
and through the ministry
of Rev. Bruce, it has become necessary for an addition of four classrooms,
a kitchen, and a large multipurpose room.
In 1915 Congregational
United Church of Christ be-
. ganwlthamodestbutdeter-
■ mined seven members,
most of whom are still living. Congregational grew
and served canton as a
.mighty church for about 50
years when • gradually the
people began to movetosu-
burbia.
In the early 60's it became evident that this intercity church, although it For many this Is thebe-
had loyal supporters, could ginning, of the completion
'not continue for long. Under' 0'f a dream for "the little
the guidance of Rev. Boyd, chUrcn i„ the cornfield"
through the determination while for others it is the
of about fifty members and beginning of the challenge
through the donation of land to be able to better serve
by the United Church of the Church and the corn-
Christ denomination, Con- munlty.
CHRISTINE MENNE
4t Vf 1 ^?)* ■&•£&&&*
BEN HEGGY
CATHY1 NIFFENEGGER JOHN NIFFENEGBBS

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Vol. 54 - No. 25
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14 Pages
North Canton, Ohio, Wednesday, April 20, 1977
One Section
Completely
Local
News
Fifteen Cents
16.5 Per Cent Jump
CAMPAIGN BEGINS. The Knights of Columbus from Ohio embark
Thursday, Apr. 21 on a 50 hour campaign to raise $300,000 for the mentally retarded. Louis Bernard, Grand Right of the North Canton Knights
of Columbus Council, will have K of C members and' Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, St Thomas students and citizens of the Stark County Retarded
'School help in raising funds. Pictured here are Paula' Roden; Peg Draiss,
who is a Stark County Council for Retarded Citizens board member;
Andy Wise; and Mr. Bernard. Bud Rose is chairman in organizing the
group which will be collecting money. Donors Will receive 12-inch metal
rulers. Money raised will be donated to all mental retardation agencies
in the State 6f Ohio as well as in Stark County, who' will share in the
funds raised. The campaign slogan is "How Do You Measure Up?" The
drive will be April 21-22 and 23.
Internal Revenue Service
Sues City For $8,100 Taxes
Some North Canton City officials are blaming former City Administrator
Gehiru, for an $8,100 problem the city now has. The City of North Canton is
being sued by the Internal Revenue Service for $8,100. The suit was filed in
XT. S. District Court in -Akron and states that the bankrupt Lions Concrete
Construction Inc., 61 Canton owed IRS $15,697 for federal insurance and unemployment for 1974 and 1975.
On July 15,1975, a federal tax lien was filed against
North Canton, which put a
freeze^oa-.-fluithe^ payment,
to Lions for the $98^000
southeast curb and gutter
project then under construction.
According to the City's
Law Director Roy Batista,
the, city paid $10,000 to
Lions on July 31 and another
f 10,000 on Aug. 20.Mr.Ba-
sta said he will file an answer to the suit soon.
The City's Finance Director Bill Kascavelis said
that in addition to the IRS
lien, a mechanics lien had
been filed against Lions by
tye mother - in - law of Nino
Arquilla, an owner of the
firm.
Mr. Kascavelis stated,
'ttiat at a meeting he, Mr.
Gehrum and City Engineer
Dennis Flechtner attended,
Mr. /'"Batista ordered a
Hreefce on further payments
td Lions without his approval. Mr. Kascavelis further
stated that a day or so later
Mr. Gehrum processed a
payment for $10,000 to ■
Lions. Kascavelis said he
brought it to Gehrum's attention and told him he could
not pay it. Mr. Kascavelis
said Mr. Gehrum told him
he talked to Law Director •
Batista on the phone. and
Mr. Batista released $10,
000. Mr. Kascavelis said he
s-assuraedtGflhMMiKas. teli^
ing the-truth, but. the next.,
day he said he mentioned
it to Mr. Batista who denied
releasing the money.
According to Kascavelis,
about $50,000 was withheld
from the Lions project after that.
Dennis Grady, Council
President, said this incident
was one main reason Council asked the Mayor for Mr.
Gehurm's resignation. Gehrum resigned as City Administrator Mar. 22,1976,
and is now livingln Florida.
Mr. Batista said he does
not believe Mr. Gehrum's
alleged action was criminal and that he forsees no
prosecution against him.
Grady stated that if it
wasn't a criminal act, he
feels it was immoral. He
said the city stands to lost
$8,100 and holds the administration directly responsible. '% believe this is a case
. of negligence and malfeasance," Grady stated.
Grady also stated that although this incident happened before the term of the
present council, when the
council did learn aboutit.it
was a major reasonin forcing Mr. Gehrum to resign.
YCA Entertainment
Awards Nite April 30
Saturday, Apr. 30 is ithe date for the new Young
Citizens Award Entertainment Awards N/ite at
Hoover North Campus in tine Performing Arts Hall
and Commons. Nominations of outstanding young
people who have given service to the community,
to organizations, to church or related activities or
to humanity are being received for the awards. .
Ehicee for the evening,
Lon Randall, President of
Malone College, will be introduced by YCA chairman
of the Board Don Lundstrom. U. S. Rep. Ralph
Regula will also participate.
The Hoover stage band
will open the program at
7:15 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 1
will present colors and Rev.
Jerry Sullivan will give the
invocation. A shortpresen-
tation by the board and
awards will follow.
A disco dance will be held
following the awards program. Ketty Korvan from
WMMS in Cleveland will
emcee the dance. Pizza and
pop will be seved.
Tickets for the whole evening willbe available at the
high school (both campuses), the Junior High and at
the door that evening.,
Over $2,000
Raised During
Band Tag Day
Members of the Hoover
High Instrumental Music
Association and Itssuppor-
tive Band Parents organization wish to extend their
sincere thanks to the residents of the North Canton
School District for their;
generosity during Saturday's annual Tag Day event.
Contributions by area
citizens have added more
than $2,000 to the band's
uniform fluid, according to
Mrs. Barbara Zlrps, tag
day chairman.
Mayor Charles Strausser
said he is not aware of any
lying on Gehrum's part but
added he..can!t..answer,'why
the money, was released^in
the face of the IRS lien.
The Mayor said Mr. Gehrum had met with IRS officials and it was his (the
Mayor's) understanding that
IRS released the moneybe-
cause Li ons said they
wouldn't be able to finish the
job without the payment.
Strausser said he doesn't
think there was any wrongdoing in this, but there was
on other things.
Mr. Kascavelis said suijts
filed by other creditors against Lions and the city over
the curb and gutter project
are pending in Stark County 'Common Pleas Court.
Another controversial
aspect'.to the Lions contract
was that a performance
bond was neyer posted. Ac-
(Cohtinued to Page 2)
NC Chamber
Recognition
Dinner Thursday
Reservations must be in
by Tuesday morning, Apr.
26 for the North Canton
Chamber of Commerce's
10th Annual Community Recognition Dinner set for
Wednesday, Apr. 27 at Horn
of Plenty. Social hour begins at 6:15 p.m. anddinner
at 7:15 p.m.
W. R. Timken Jr., chairman, board of Directors of
the Timken Co., will be
guest speaker.
Mr. Timken, a graduate
of Phillips Andover Acad-
- emy in Massachusetts,
Stanford University and the
Harvard Graduate School of
Business Administration,
started with the Timken
Company in 1958.
The Community Recognition Award will be presented to acompanyorbusiness
in the North Canton area
who has shown outstanding
participation in and contribution to civic and community affairs; development of
good employee and community relations; improvement of good management
policies and physical facilities; and participation and,
leadership in its own industry. The business or company does not have to be a
Chamber member.
Make your reservations
with 'the Chamber of Com-
merce office in North Canton, 499-510Q.
Summer School Fees
Increase Over 1976
Those attending summer school sessions in the
North Canton School District will be paying more,
it was reported at the Tuesday, Apr. 12 meeting of
the North Canton Board of Education. According
to Dwain Sheffer, director of curriculum In North
Canton, the cost wijl jump 16.5 per cent over 1976.
Credit courses will run
from June 13 to July 22 and
non credit and elementary
courses will from June 20
to July 22.
Elementary courses will
se taught at Portage Middle.
School, 8th grade courses at
the North Canton Junior
High, high school courses
(9-12) at Hoover High North
Campus, golf atBob-O-
Link Golf Course and tennis
at Walsh College and Kent
State University Stark
Campus.
High school courses will
include American History,
American Government,
world history, sociology,
service, fabric service,
media comm.
Eighth grade courses include pre-algebra, mathematics and English.
: Elementary courses in-
' chide primary reading, intermediate reading and primary mathematics, intermediate mathematics, vis-
! and auditory perception
lasses, motor development, speech and auditory
erception classes, motor
Bvelopment, speech ther-
py classes.
Greentown Civic
Final class offerings will
depend on the number of pupils registering.
Members of the school
board also learned at the
Apr. 12 meeting that an
honor roll has been initiated at Hoover HighSchool for
students with a cumulative
average of 90 per cent. Ofthe 1,320 students eligible,
423 qualify.
Board members also
heard James A. Humphrey
of 1674 Meadow Lane Dr.
SE, speak against a plan by
the board* to transfer 45
students from Plain Local
School System to the North
Canton System.
Mr. Humphrey, spokesman for a groupof residents
in the area involved, said
city officials tried to misrepresent their motives in
their effort to annex part of
the Plain School District.
The areainvolves 500 acres in the southeast corner
of the city, bounded by 55th
and 50th streets. The area
yeilds?" about $100,000 in
property taxes.
The controversy has continued since last fall when a
number of parents of students in question and Plain
School Superintendent Fred
Chase protested the annexation and called the move
a tax grab. A decision on
the transfer is pending at
the state level.
Mr. Humphrey said he
didn't become concerned
over the annexation request
until his three children expressed alarm. He said his
children do n ot want to
•change schools.
School board president
Larry Brown said the board
stands by its original resolution that the members
are acting as a conduit for
a group of people who came
to them with a list of signatures of residents in fhe
area who want the students
to be transferred to the
North Canton system.
Brown also stated that the
proposal has been well publicized before the board
acted and that Mr. Humph-,
rey hadnotprotestedbefore
the resolution had been
passed.
When the 500 acres were
annexed to North Canton in
1960, it was not to be for
school purposes._The area
has about 300 residents.
In other business, the
board:
ACCEPTED resignations
of Mrs. Kathy Paris, currently on leave of absence
from Portage Middle
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5th &^JSrad?
Present
Spring Concert
The combined 5th and 6th
• Grade Choirs of the North
Canton Elementary Schools
will present their annual
Spring Concert Friday evening, Apr. 29, at 8 p.m. in
the Hoover Hall of Preforming Arts at North Campus. The Elementary School
Orchestra, under the direction of Miss Kathy Hinson,
wiU also present a groupof
numbers.
Harry D. Mason, Director of Choral Music atcan-
.ton McKinley Senior High
School will return as guest
conductor of the chorus of
approximately 350 boys and
girls. Mr. Mason, a graduate of Baldwin - Wallace
Conservatory, with a Master of Arts from Indiana
State University, has proved to be a director popular
with performers and audience alike.
The program will include: "The Entertainer",
'KJlap Your Hands," "God
of Great and God of Small",
'It's a Small World,"anda
musical for young voices,
'It's Music," which traces
the history of music in America.
Posters advertising the
program were submitted
for a district-wide contest.
Local school winners were:
Diane Hill and Lorrie Gardner, Ciearmount; Craig
Boyce and Chris Calllcoat,
Greentown; Nick Chung and
Stacy Stipkovich, North-
wood; Laura Rhodes and
Shelly Katusin, Orchard
IQ11; 2nd, Craig Boyce of
Greentown; and 3rd, Diane
Hill or Ciearmount.
Judging was done by the'
members of the elementary
art faculty.
Annual Dues
Beginning Jan. 1st, members of Greentown Civic
Association will pay $5 annual dues.
, About 24 members of the
309-member group voted
unanimously Wednesday,
Apr. 13 to increase dues
from $3.
"' Coming events include a
July 19 ox roast and festival
headed by Frank Schleis, a
May 14 rummagesalespon-
■sored by the park board
with Maxine Daily as chatr-
{nan; and a June 5 fire
Apartment: open house.
The Greentown Athletic
Club will present twoschol-
arehips to. high school seniors who live in Greentown.
The park board is planning a house-to-house canvas to obtain funds for land,
playground equipment and
shelter repairs.
Again Plan
Sandman Project
The North Canton and
Greentown Jaycees will run
a Sandman Project jointly
this year on Saturday, May
7th.
The Jaycees will deliver
sand at no charge to any
child in the North Canton
School District.
The 762 Transportation
Company of the Army Reserve will be supplying
trucks and drivers for the
Sandman Project. _ , •,
Project Chairman Ron
Bell urges all interested
parents to clip out the form
in this issue of TheSun'and
return it before the Apr. 29
deadline.
Others assisting Mr. Bell
are David McDaniels and
Denny Grady.
Five From
Area Compete
In Columbus
Three Hoover HighSchool
students and two from GlenOak are among 16 Stark
County students who traveled to Columbus this past
Saturday, Apr. 16 for the
state science fair,sponsored by the Ohio Academy of
Science.
Junior and senior bijjh
rbecameel
which environment best
suited it and found that tobe
a neutral water solution
with few impurities.
Christine, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. EdwardMen-
ne of 1412 McDowell St.NE,
has aprojectwhichdisplays
the different functions and
uses of electrochemical
cells.
Tom, son ofMr.andMrs.
Mike Anasis of 3316 27th
St. NW, Canton, has received trophies for having the
outstanding physical sciences project, sponsored by
Republic Steel Corp., and
the outstanding energy project, sponsored by the East
Ohio Gas. His project is a
school studi
rgiWe-ttfiRiv^
state fair after receiving measures about 2x3 feet.
North Canton Rotary Club Captures
Five Awards At District Conference
The North Canton Rotary Club won three1 first
place awards and two seconds at the Annual District 665 Conference held Friday through Sunday,
Apr. 15-17 at the Avalon Inn near Warren.
The Canton Rotary Club
won District 665 Governor's
Cup competition in its division for the sixth consecutive year. The award is
for all-around excellence
The local Rotary Club, a
medium club division (41-
100 members), captured
first in attendance, first in
Membership Development
and first in VocationalSer-
vice. They weresecoridin
Club Service and International Service. ]
Eight North Canton Rotarians attended the conference. They are President
Dr. Richard Longbrake,
Kenneth Dansizen, David
Kinkema, E. R. Malone,
William Hagenlocher, Ty
Laine, Bob Werstler and
Bill Stall.
among large clubs and with
more than 100 members.
Canal Fulton, Minerva
and Wooster Rotary Clubs
also won awards.
James Neff of Canfield,
governor of District 665,
was official host for the
conference. James D. Bruno of Chino, Calif., was the
official representative of
the president of Rotary International, Robert A. Manchester of Youngstown.
superior ratings in the recent Canton District Science Fair, involvingkids from
five counties, sponsored by
Malone ColIegevs Sigma
Zeta, science honorary.
The four from this area
who received superiors include:,Ben Heggy, Catherine Niffenegger and John
Niffenegger, a 11 Hoover
students; and Tom Anasis
and Christine Menne, both
from GlenOak.
Ben, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert F. Heggy of 5420
Peninsula Dr. NW, has a
project entitled "Two Dimensional Fractional Motion". The project is used
something like an air hockey table to check energy
conservation, momentum
and Newton's laws.
Catherine and John are
■children df Dr. and Mrs.
James Niffenegger of 321
Hume St. NE. Catherine's
project was on Kirlian Photography. She used variables, like moisture, tochange
the aura producedby the electrons and recorded the
changes.
John's project was to expose hydras to changes in
environment to determine
He worked on this'project
for 2 years and can heat
the home to 58 degrees when
the outside temperature
was 32. He said he is convinced solar energy will 6e
the cheapest energy form
in the United States by 1985.
Four Middlebranch Junior High students were among 22 junior high students
who received superior ratings but were not eligible
to advance the state fair.
They are Wendy Cook. John
Dakoske, Jospeh Jenkins
and jay Smith.
TOM ANASIS
Groundbreaking Ceremonies
Sunday For Church Addition
\
On Sunday, Apr. 24, Congregational United
Church of Christ at 1530 Baston NOS, under the
ministry ot Rev. J. Bruce, will have a special worship service at 9:30 a.m. in preparation tap a
ground breaking ceremony at 10:30 a.m. The Rev.
P. Olm, a Minister df the Eastern Ohio Association
of. the United Church of Christ, will share in these
services.
gregattonal dedicated its
"little church in the cornfield " in Nov. 1967.
The warmth and dedication which the fifty members shared with those who
visited and later became
members ofCongregational
and through the ministry
of Rev. Bruce, it has become necessary for an addition of four classrooms,
a kitchen, and a large multipurpose room.
In 1915 Congregational
United Church of Christ be-
. ganwlthamodestbutdeter-
■ mined seven members,
most of whom are still living. Congregational grew
and served canton as a
.mighty church for about 50
years when • gradually the
people began to movetosu-
burbia.
In the early 60's it became evident that this intercity church, although it For many this Is thebe-
had loyal supporters, could ginning, of the completion
'not continue for long. Under' 0'f a dream for "the little
the guidance of Rev. Boyd, chUrcn i„ the cornfield"
through the determination while for others it is the
of about fifty members and beginning of the challenge
through the donation of land to be able to better serve
by the United Church of the Church and the corn-
Christ denomination, Con- munlty.
CHRISTINE MENNE
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BEN HEGGY
CATHY1 NIFFENEGGER JOHN NIFFENEGBBS